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I thoroughly enjoyed the original A Quiet Place. When the sequel A Quiet Place II came out, it was barely a blip on my...
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I thoroughly enjoyed the original A Quiet Place. When the sequel A Quiet Place II came out, it was barely a blip on my...
The 1955 children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon is simplicity itself: a four-year-old boy, Harold, has nothing to fill his world but empty...
Director Wes Craven struck gold in his 1972 debut with Last House on the Left, a grindhouse remake of an art house classic...
Nine Queens is an Argentinian noir made in 2000. Directed by the late Fabián Bielinsky with a quick and lively realism on the...
In the late 90’s it was hard to find an actor on a stronger career trajectory than Nicolas Cage. After 1995’s Oscar winning...
“Everyone thinks they’re fine until someone puts something in ‘em that they don’t want in ‘em…” – Ronnie Barnhardt 2009’s Observe and...
Academy Award-winning director Christopher Nolan’s landmark epic INTERSTELLAR celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and Paramount Pictures is marking the occasion with a 10th...
In some ways, I am silently laughing. In his most recent film, Jean Reno again plays a gruff character that has suffered a...
Detailing a fictionalized account of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), Penny Marshall’s 1992 comedy drama A League of Their Own follows...
“On the streets, a child is born, with battle lines already drawn” – George Benson, Lalo Schifrin & Gale Garnett The lyrics play...
1973’s Enter the Dragon was an atom bomb of cool dropped on an American public that was looking for somewhere, anywhere, to be other...
Robin Williams was an utterly fascinating individual. I recently re-watched his early pre-Mork TV appearances on the second iteration of Laugh-In. I remember watching...
Richard Pryor was a unique performer, that’s for sure…but which Richard Pryor? Are we talking about the early Richard Pryor, young and fresh-faced,...
When I was first asked to review this collection I was almost hesitant because I knew there would be a commitment involved. Not just...
After the cultural phenomenon that was The Sixth Sense, writer-director M. Night Shyamalan followed it up with Unbreakable: a movie which is startling...
Despite being originally released in 2002, Death to Smoochy is a black comedy time capsule of pre-9/11 American cynicism. Casting children’s television as...
At the height of his commercial power after Carrie, The Fury, Dressed to Kill, and Scarface had all outperformed expectations, Brian De Palma resolved...
Pixar should keep doing what it’s been doing all along: sequels to previous big hits, less personal projects and more crowd-pleasing merchandise-friendly corporate...
Movies that require comedians to carry them with their acting skills are always a dicey proposition and one would be forgiven for regarding a...
Back in 1992, the BBC was inundated with complaints after the fictional paranormal investigation program Ghostwatch was broadcast during prime time on October 31st,...
In film criticism, we use “epic” as a shorthand for a long form film with a large cast and sprawling story, but the classical...
The Sixth Sense was a cultural touchstone in 1999: endlessly referenced, parodied, and discussed by America at large. The film’s catchphrase, “I see...
M. Night Shyamalan has been a household name for decades thanks to the Pennsylvania-based filmmaker carving out a niche for himself in the world...
Set 300 years on from the conclusion of Caesar’s saga, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is a soft reboot of sorts of...